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            <description><![CDATA[A recent Tax Court judgment has delivered a multimillion-rand reminder to South African businesses that paying another company's expenses, does not automatically entitle the paying company to claim an income tax deduction, even under a binding commercial agreement. Taxpayer Olie Trading (Pty) Ltd found this out the hard way when the Johannesburg Tax Court upheld a decision by the South African Revenue Service (SARS) to disallow approximately R65.6-million in deductions claimed for expenditure incurred on behalf of its associated company.]]></description>
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            <title>Home Affairs waives one of the biggest practical hurdles for visa applications in South Africa</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Minister of Home Affairs has waived the requirement for foreign nationals in South Africa to submit visa applications at least 60 days before their current visa expires, a precondition that has long presented a significant practical stumbling block for visa applicants.  In terms of Regulation 9(5)(a) and Regulation 9(8)(c) of the Immigration Regulations, a foreign national in South Africa applying for a change of status or conditions of their visa, or a visa renewal, is required to submit the application “no less than 60 days prior to the expiry date of his or her visa.” ]]></description>
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            <title>Double jeopardy – what happens if the first sanction is later set aside?</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Reach Summit (Pty) Ltd v Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration and Others (JR2230/22) [2026] ZALCJHB 270, delivered on 25 August 2026. An employee, Cindi Alani Samso, was employed as a project manager responsible for recruitment and placement. Problems arose with two recruitment projects, including delays, missed deadlines and an alleged failure to achieve the required recruitment targets.]]></description>
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            <title>Africa’s next growth chapter starts with capital closer to home</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Africa enters the FT Africa Summit this year facing a familiar question in unfamiliar circumstances. How does the continent finance growth when development funding is tightening, trade relationships are shifting and global capital is being reallocated? Michael Denenga will attend the summit in London on 21 and 22 October 2026, where the theme “Mobilising Growth in a New Global Order” will bring this question into focus. As technology changes how markets are served and engagement from the Gulf, China and India grows alongside established ties with Europe, the United Kingdom and the United States, African governments and businesses are placing greater weight on regional trade, resilient supply chains and partnerships that offer more than capital alone.]]></description>
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            <category>Webber Wentzel</category>
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            <title>Before You Automate: How to Find the Quick Wins in Your Law Firm’s Workflow</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Your firm invested in a contract automation platform last year. Six months later, two people use it — when they remember — and the rest of the team is still drafting NDAs from a folder labelled “Templates v3 FINAL USE THIS ONE.” Meanwhile, your conveyancing team spends forty-five minutes every Monday morning manually updating a spreadsheet that nobody else reads. The automation happened. Just not where it would have mattered. This is not a technology failure. It is a sequencing failure. Firms that roll out automation tools without first understanding their own processes tend to automate the wrong things, or automate the right things in the wrong order — and the inefficiency carries on, now with a subscription fee attached.]]></description>
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            <category>Other Briefs</category>
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            <title>Managing Difficult Clients: A Legal Project Management Approach to Stakeholder Expectations</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The brief came in on a Friday. Commercial transaction, three parties, tight timeline. You took it on, confirmed the instructions with your contact, and got to work. Six weeks later, you are on your fourth “urgent” call this week, your original contact has changed twice, and the client’s CEO — who was never part of your initial instructions — has emailed to say the deal structure you have been working to is not what the company agreed to. The fee is capped. The write-offs are stacking up. And you are nowhere near done. The client, from their perspective, has been badly let down. From yours, you delivered exactly what you were instructed to do.]]></description>
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            <title>Pan-African law firm launches Labour Laws in Africa 2026 Guide as employers navigate mounting ...</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[With Africa expected to account for more than half of global population growth between now and 2050, and home to the world's youngest population, businesses are increasingly turning to the continent as a long-term growth market. Against this backdrop, legal and compliance risk has emerged as a critical consideration for employers operating across multiple jurisdictions. In response, leading African commercial law firm Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr (CDH) has launched its Labour Laws in Africa 2026 Guide,a practical reference resource offering employers, investors, legal counsel and HR leaders comparative labour law insights across 20 African jurisdictions.]]></description>
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            <title>Supporting the People Who Shape South Africa's Information Landscape </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Libraries are essential to education, research and access to knowledge across South Africa. At the heart of every library are dedicated professionals who  connect people with trusted information, embrace new technologies and respond to evolving user needs.  One of the most important opportunities for learning, collaboration and professional growth within the sector is the Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA) Conference (LIASA 2026). Bringing together library and information professionals from across the country, LIASA provides a platform to share ideas, explore emerging trends and engage in conversations that help shape the future of libraries and information services.  ]]></description>
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            <category>Sabinet</category>
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            <title>Voting rights not afforded to post-commencement creditors</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[On 7 October 2026, the Constitutional Court (“the Court”) delivered a unanimous judgment addressing a question on which the High Court and the Supreme Court of Appeal had reached opposite conclusions: whether post-commencement creditors are entitled to vote on the adoption of a business rescue plan. The Court held that they are not. In Salungano Group Ltd v Mashwayi Projects (Pty) Ltd and Others; Ndalamo Coal (Pty) Ltd v Mashwayi Projects (Pty) Ltd and Others [2026] ZACC 38, the Constitutional Court of South Africa upheld the appeals against the decision of the Supreme Court of Appeal and declared that Chapter 6 of the Companies Act 71 of 2008 (“the Act“) does not permit post-commencement creditors to vote on the adoption of a business rescue plan.]]></description>
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